Janet Allem Quotes

My buildings are all on budget.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

Show me your budget and I’ll describe your strategy.

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'

The key to building a sustainable content company is to control costs.

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero.

Budgets are blueprints and priorities.

If a manager can't control his costs, fire them.

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.

We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

A behemoth budget does not mean there is much discretion in allocating it.

Budget drives everything that we do.

Budgeting is inherently complex.

In the private sector, you have a budget and you stick to it.

We ought to prioritize national disasters... in a fiscally responsible way.

I feel that your ambitions should always exceed the budget.

Budgets are matters of priority and prioritizing. It's a high priority.

From a productivity standpoint, you're supposed to reduce headcount on par with declining revenue. If you believe the environment isn't going to improve, you should take a bigger cut to get in front of the problems.

Sometimes you have to make tough decisions to hold the line on spending.

I always cooperate to complete a film within the budget. Not a single film of mine has overshot its budget.